Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• հեւս ‎(hews)

Noun

հիւս • ‎(hiws)

1. plait, tress, braid (of hair)

   դեղձան հիւսք‎ ― dełjan hiwskʿ ― golden tresses

   հիւսք մազաց, հիւսք հերաց‎ ― hiwskʿ mazacʿ, hiwskʿ heracʿ ― tress or lock of hair, tresses, plait of hair

2. texture, tissue
3. intertwining, interweaving, wreathing
4. knit

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: հյուս ‎(hyus)

Etymology 2

From հիւս ‎(hiws, “plait”), հիւսեմ ‎(hiwsem, “to weave, plait”), the idea of the abundance of snow expressed through ‘weaving, plaiting’.

Alternative forms

• հոսի ‎(hosi), հոս ‎(hos), հոսին ‎(hosin), ուսի ‎(usi), ուսին ‎(usin)

Noun

հիւս • ‎(hiws)

1. avalanche

   հիւս ձեան‎ ― hiws jean ― avalanche, snow-slip

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: հյուս ‎(hyus)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հիւս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հիւս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հիւս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 411